Image forming apparatus and control method thereof

a technology of image forming apparatus and control method, which is applied in the direction of digital output to print units, instruments, computing, etc., can solve the problems of difficult to find a desired icon, difficulty in finding a desired icon, and inconvenient technique for hiding an icon that is not executable, etc., and achieve flexible display control

Active Publication Date: 2020-12-08
CANON KK
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An increase in the number of such application icons makes an operation unit complicated, and this makes it difficult to find a desired icon.
A technique for hiding an icon that is not executable is not useful in the cases where there are many executable icons.
In cases where a single device is used by a large number of unspecified users, it is difficult to appropriately aggregate icons into a folder.

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[0058]While FIG. 6 illustrates the example in which each application such as the super business-form application has the grouping settings, a similar advantage is also produced by a configuration in which the native program 210 of the image forming apparatus has the grouping settings. The former has an advantage that the display is flexibly changeable by the original settings that each application has. The latter, has an advantage that the settings are collectively settable on the framework side, which runs the extended application, so that the settings do not have to be considered on the application side and thus the operation is carried out with ease.

[0059]FIG. 14 illustrates an example of the setting screen in the case where the native program 210 of the image forming apparatus has the grouping setting. In this setting, a grouping on / off setting 1402 and a group name 1403 are settable for each application. For example, if the grouping on / off setting 14...

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[0070]A similar advantage is also produced by a configuration in which the grouping setting is not provided and the grouping is determined to be automatically performed based on, for example, the application type (1203). Specifically, there are a super business-form application and an easy transmission application. The button settings of the application type (1203) that is likely to include a large number of icons due to an increased number of registered button settings as a result of the settings of the applications are set as follows. Specifically, control can be performed such that the icons are always aggregated and displayed even if the grouping setting is not made.

[0071]For example, a method for flexibly performing display control of a display item configured to issue an instruction to control a function of an image forming apparatus can be provided.

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The setting of grouping icons is made to a framework or each application, and the icons are grouped for each application based on the setting and displayed. Alternatively, in a case where an application type is a specific type, the icons are automatically grouped for each application and displayed.

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BACKGROUNDField[0001]The present disclosure relates to an image forming apparatus into which an extended application is installable, a method of controlling the image forming apparatus, etc.Description of the Related Art[0002]There are systems in which a loadable program (application) is installed as firmware controlling a device so that a service is enabled to be used. There are also systems in which an application is installed in various information devices such as office multi-function peripherals (MFPs) to provide additional functions or additional services.[0003]There is known a user interface for selecting a shortcut that enables a user to select and execute a specific shortcut with ease. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-71680 discusses that shortcut keys 61a and 61c for registered shortcuts are assigned to a specific tab 71 and displayed on a shortcut list screen 50. The registered shortcuts are grouped based on an attribute of the shortcuts. The tabs 71 to 73 a...

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Patent Type & AuthorityPatents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0481G06F3/12H04N1/00
CPCG06F3/04817H04N1/00411G06F3/1204G06F3/1253H04N1/00413G06F3/1286H04N1/00506H04N1/00517Y02D10/00
InventorKAMASUKA, ATSUSHI
OwnerCANON KK